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| ==Installation== | | ==Installation== |
− | When booting from the installation CD you will get a boot prompt where you can simply press Enter to start the standard installation (or upgrade) routine. On i586 (e.g. VIA C3) based machines type smei586 and press Enter. | + | When booting from the installation CD you will get a boot prompt where you can simply press Enter to start the standard installation (or upgrade) routine. |
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| After showing the boot prompt for some time SME will start the installation process automatically. It will then afford you the opportunity to test the installation medium. | | After showing the boot prompt for some time SME will start the installation process automatically. It will then afford you the opportunity to test the installation medium. |
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| {{Note box|If installing on a i586 machine you will need to replace ''sme'' with ''smei586'' in the following commands.}} | | {{Note box|If installing on a i586 machine you will need to replace ''sme'' with ''smei586'' in the following commands.}} |
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− | ===Installer Boot Options===
| + | ===Normal installation=== |
− | ====Normal installation====
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| sme | | sme |
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− | ====Set raid type====
| + | ===Set raid type=== |
| sme raid=[none,0,1,5,6] | | sme raid=[none,0,1,5,6] |
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− | ====Set number of spares==== | + | * For SME Server 8 raid=none and raid=0 are for no software raid, other arguments are for raid levels (eg Raid1, Raid5, Raid6) |
| + | * For SME Server 9 raid=none is for no software raid, other arguments are for raid levels (eg Raid0, Raid1, Raid5, Raid6) |
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| + | {{Note box|msg=For SME Server 9 the option '''sme raid=none''' have a different behaviour since the /boot is always made on a software '''raid 1''' called /dev/md0. All other partitions (/ and swap) are without software raid. (see [[bugzilla:8369]])}} |
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| + | ===Set number of spares=== |
| In case you have 3 or more hard disks in your server and don't want to have a spare disk | | In case you have 3 or more hard disks in your server and don't want to have a spare disk |
| sme spares=[0-(disks-2)] | | sme spares=[0-(disks-2)] |
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− | ====Set drive type to include====
| + | ===Set drive type to include=== |
| Nominate which drives the installer will use to put the OS onto, not nominating a drive will exclude it from use, if left blank will include all drives | | Nominate which drives the installer will use to put the OS onto, not nominating a drive will exclude it from use, if left blank will include all drives |
| sme drives=[hda,sda,xvda,...] | | sme drives=[hda,sda,xvda,...] |
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− | ====Set drives to exclude====
| + | ===Set drives to exclude=== |
| Nominate which drives the installer will not try to install the OS to eg a boot USB with the iso on it, or other connected backup USB drives, see note below | | Nominate which drives the installer will not try to install the OS to eg a boot USB with the iso on it, or other connected backup USB drives, see note below |
| sme exclude= sdc | | sme exclude= sdc |
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− | ====To install SME without software RAID====
| + | ===To install SME without software RAID=== |
| For example MB with fake raid or with 'Config Disk' issue [[bugzilla:5850]] | | For example MB with fake raid or with 'Config Disk' issue [[bugzilla:5850]] |
− | sme raid=0 | + | sme raid=none |
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| + | {{Note box|msg=For SME Server 9 '''raid=0''' means that the raid level required is 0 (eg : Raid0). If you want no software raid you have to choose '''raid=none'''}} |
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− | ====To install SME without a logical volume manager type====
| + | ===To install SME without a logical volume manager type=== |
| sme nolvm | | sme nolvm |
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− | ====To have /, /tmp, /var, /home/e-smith/files and swap on separate partitions type====
| + | ===To have /, /tmp, /var, /home/e-smith/files and swap on separate partitions type=== |
| sme multipart | | sme multipart |
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− | ====If you have a driver disk type====
| + | ===If you have a driver disk type=== |
| sme dd | | sme dd |
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− | ====Installation hangs====
| + | ===Installation hangs=== |
| The last screen shown is "Welcome to SME Server". | | The last screen shown is "Welcome to SME Server". |
| sme ide=nodma | | sme ide=nodma |
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− | ====Installation errors when disks previously used with fake raid.==== | + | ===dmraid (SME8.1 off by default)=== |
| + | If required can be appended at boot time |
| + | sme dmraid |
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| + | ===Installation errors when disks previously used with fake raid.=== |
| sme ide=nodmraid | | sme ide=nodmraid |
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− | ====SATA Driver installation error====
| + | ===SATA Driver installation error=== |
| eg IBM IntelliStation M Pro stalls | | eg IBM IntelliStation M Pro stalls |
| sme acpi=off | | sme acpi=off |
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− | ====Intel DG965 Motherboards (G33xx)====
| + | ===Intel DG965 Motherboards (G33xx)=== |
| sme pci=nommconf acpi=off all-generic-ide | | sme pci=nommconf acpi=off all-generic-ide |
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− | ====To enable the [[Booting#Rescue_Mode_Help|rescue mode]] type====
| + | ===To enable the [[Booting#Rescue_Mode_Help|rescue mode]] type=== |
| sme rescue | | sme rescue |
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− | ====To use an ext4 file system====
| + | ===To use an ext4 file system=== |
| (except for /boot) instead of the default ext3. | | (except for /boot) instead of the default ext3. |
| sme ext4 | | sme ext4 |
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− | {{Note box|msg=It is currently advised to turn off quotas (as it will flood your logs) due to an upstream bug: [[bugzilla:6742]].
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− | To turn off quotas, type
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− | quotaoff -a
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− | To make it happen across reboots, edit the command into /etc/rc.local}}
| + | {{note box|For SME Server 9 it is no longer needed to set '''sme ext4''' to have a ext4 file system since it is the default file system}} |
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− | ====Notes====
| + | ===Notes=== |
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| The installer without anything being passed should behave identically for disks | | The installer without anything being passed should behave identically for disks |
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| raid 5 as 5-2=3 useable drives). | | raid 5 as 5-2=3 useable drives). |
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− | From SME ISO releases 7.5.1 and SME 8.0beta6 the installer will automatically exclude the drive containing the install media or ks files. Refer http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,46866.msg230681.html#msg230681 | + | From SME ISO releases 7.5.1 and SME 8.0 the installer will automatically exclude the drive containing the install media or ks files. Refer http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,46866.msg230681.html#msg230681 |
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| ==General Boot Help== | | ==General Boot Help== |
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| ==More== | | ==More== |
− | Some problems with booting that cannot or will not be fixed through development of SME7 and solutions how to bypass them can be found [[KnownProblems#Boot_options_for_install|here]]. | + | Some problems with booting that cannot or will not be fixed through development of SME8 and solutions on how to bypass them can be found [[KnownProblems#Boot_options_for_install|here]]. |
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| You can run Memtest86 to check your RAM by typing | | You can run Memtest86 to check your RAM by typing |